All good things must come to an end and this became the case with Flying Vinyl in July of 2021. Craig Evans, who founded Flying Vinyl, wrote in the magazine that would come with each set that production lead times had escalated from six weeks to nine months due to factors such as the pandemic, Brexit and shortages in raw materials. The price of vinyl had also increased by 30% since the start of 2020. This meant that by the middle of 2021, it was becoming increasingly difficult to have the sets shipped on time.
It was sad to see the end of Flying Vinyl in this format. I enjoyed the set of five 7” singles dropping through the letterbox each month with all sorts of musical delights included in the grooves. Craig did sign off by saying that Flying Vinyl would return by January 2022 in an LP format. As with other promises such as this, I felt it was a case of I will believe it when I see it.
So, we round of 2025 with the last sample set of Flying Vinyl when it was a box set of singles.
Side A
- Man On The Run – Workfriends
- Esteem – Floral Scene
- Sunset – The Feens
- Dog Toy – Speedboat
- Coasting – The Royston Club
- Love In The Backwater – Dirty Freud
- Sunshine Seeker – The Sway
Side B
- The Ballad Of The Rain – John Myrtle
- Falling Apart – Slow Pulp
- Asc Scorpio – Oracle Sisters
- Old Ways – Bleach Lab
- Open Lights – Yore
- Travel Guide – Junodream
Side C
- Wonder – Cobain Jones
- Haircut – Slant
- Lost Without You – The Howlers
- The Pool Of Emotion The Size Of An Ocean – J Madden
- Spinning – Moa Moa
- 001 – Wings Of Desire
Side D
- The People, The Place – Low Hummer
- Now & Then – Van Houten
- True Romance – Abbie Ozard
- Free As A Bird – Jamie Pollock
- Don’t Be Afraid – Tycho Jones
- Forever – Night Tapes